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Amplification to B&W 800 Diamond

sitting on theese beutiful speakers, and wanna upgrade on amps.

For the moment using two Electrocompaniet aw250 Bridged. with Ec 4.8. Emc1 up, nordost (from frey-Tyr)

sounds ok, but wanna go for the better!

Thinking about MCintosh, pass labs, Adyton,

hoping to get some respons from guys having the 800 Diamonds, or have experience with different setups, sound characterstics of the different brands used on theese loudspeakers.

thx already for answers ;)

Frank
skrymar
vegasears
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I am using VTL 450MKII amps with my older BW 801 Series 3 and love the combination. Think about high powered tube amps. I've used Bryston and Classe high powered amps and always returned to tube amps.
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gshepardbuster
620 posts
 
The 800's like the higher power amps. Whether you go with tubes or SS big power really makes them bloom. I'm running mine with the Mc 1.2k monos and can't complain.
gregm
3,405 posts
 
I'm not sure what you hope to get from other amps... I have listened to your amps driving a number of speakers very well indeed!

Anyway, if you are adamant, I suggest that even more powerful amplification OR class A, are the way to go. So Adyton is a contender, they offer a hi powered mono. So is Krell, for that matter (though you may not like the sound if you like yr Electro). You might even consider used class A behemoths: MLevinson, VTL as suggested, AR 600... Keep in mind, however, that maintaining yr huge tube amp will be costly!

I have listened to these speakers extensively with German & Swiss class A amps (Symphonic Line & FM Acoustics).
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